My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 227

Chapter 227: We Are Innocent

[Present Time]

"What does the White Serpent want?"

Silence fell over the room as all eyes turned to Lucian. Gustav and Lukas glanced at their boss’s back, then at Silvestre, who had been visibly thrown off by Lucian already knowing his name.

Gustav couldn’t help but smirk internally, nodding to himself with quiet approval.

Of course. He would never allow someone like him to get the upper hand.

Lukas felt the same; he believed in his boss just as much. Lucian wouldn’t have gotten this far, wouldn’t have brought Dominion to its peak, if someone like Silvestre could rattle him.

"Haha..." Silvestre chuckled and tapped the table. He cleared his throat, leaning forward. "That caught me off guard. I guess I don’t need to introduce myself."

He huffed and leaned back, swaying the chair lazily as he took his sweet time.

"It’s not about what the White Serpent wants, Black Dragon," he began, lifting his brows. "It’s about clearing our names."

"Recently, our organization was informed that human remains were left in territories belonging to some of our newer members," Silvestre continued. "Naturally, it alarmed our men. They only recently joined, and Dominion was seemingly provoking us. As you know, Dominion is not just any organization. Anyone, no matter how savage, would be worried."

Silvestre chuckled. "Those idiots came running to us — annoying, of course."

"..." Lucian leaned back, listening. "Get to the point."

"How do I put it... after thinking it through, our big boss sent me to find out what went wrong," Silvestre explained. "Of course, we still remember our little prank just to gauge Dominion’s reaction."

Prank, as in spiking Lucian’s drink.

"Arrogant pricks," Gustav hissed under his breath, earning a smirk from Silvestre.

"Oh, please. Don’t be angry," Silvestre said lightly, glancing at Gustav. "We didn’t do it for the sake of pranks. We did it to confirm whether or not Dominion had truly lost its mind."

Gustav and Lukas furrowed their brows. Lucian simply arched one.

"You see, some time ago, one of our main headquarters was burned to the ground," Silvestre said, leaning forward and resting his arms on the table. "After investigating, all signs pointed to Dominion. Now, you have to understand — the Don of the White Serpent is new, and we cannot afford to offend an organization as large as Dominion. Truth be told, the White Serpent, as it stands, wouldn’t stand a chance."

A brief flicker of surprise crossed Gustav and Lukas’s faces. Even among criminals, irrational pride and twisted ego were the norm. Yet here was Silvestre, acknowledging all of it openly.

And that was precisely what made Lukas’s eyes sharpen.

An honest man like this was far more dangerous than someone running on blind pride. Gustav, on the other hand, didn’t dwell on it. His focus had already shifted to the other details buried in Silvestre’s words.

"A lead pointing at Dominion?" Gustav repeated quietly.

His brows furrowed. He had already seen these profiles. They were the same ones Lucian had sent him, which he had passed along to Gin to verify.

"Master," he murmured, stepping to Lucian’s side and holding the papers open.

"Those are the profiles of the people who facilitated all of this," Silvestre continued. "And no, they weren’t the masterminds. They were simply skilled men. Mercenaries, to be exact, with ties to larger organizations and gangs in the past."

He paused, leaning back. "The leader of the three — Martin — used to belong to the White Serpent’s First Division under the previous leadership. But ever since the previous Don was ousted by his own men, the internal conflict within the White Serpent has felt endless."

Meaning the White Serpent wouldn’t be quick to pick a fight when their own house wasn’t yet in order.

"The First Division — those who blindly supported the previous Don — were the first targets the new Don’s supporters went after," Silvestre said. "They were wiped out... or so we thought. Apparently, one of them—"

He gestured toward the papers in front of Lucian.

"Martin managed to escape. We’ve been trying to track him down, but the man is slippery as hell. The moment we found out he was behind the mess that dragged Dominion into all of this, everything fell into place."

He looked at Lucian steadily.

"Dominion, we are innocent," he said without a second hesitation. "To prove that, allow us to deal with the roach... and make it right."